In 2019, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week theme is Reading is My Secret Power. Stories are powerful. The ability to read opens up the magical world of stories where the wondrous, impossible and magnificent can happen (like my secret identity – Slime Guy – being revealed at this year’s Somerset StoryFest above). The secret power of reading sometimes leads to the secret power of writing. And, as any writer will tell you, nothing is more powerful and more fun than creating your own stories! In honour of the power of reading and the great stories that…